Despite notable progress in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment worldwide, speakers warned the General Assembly that the epidemic remains a global concern requiring greater collaboration among Member States, particularly in reaching the most vulnerable countries and populations.
Csaba Kőrösi (Hungary), President of the General Assembly, introducing the report of Secretary-General António Guterres (document A/77/877), expressed his heartfelt condolences to all whose lives have been affected or upended by the AIDS epidemic. AIDS response is indissociable from the realization of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, but “we are lagging behind”, he stated. However, there is reason for optimism, as a diagnosis that was once a death sentence has been transformed into a manageable chronic health condition, and over the last two decades, antiretroviral treatment and pre-exposure prophylaxis have decreased infections by 50 per cent and deaths by 70 per cent.
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Source : United Nations
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